Greetings all,
This 5-minute video was recently posted on YouTube, by Michael Wesch
at Kansas State University, and provides a really cool introduction
to Web 2.0.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
In the run up to the Vancouver abstract deadline I talked with a
number of colleagues about Web 2.0 research. Although we seemed to
have an implicit agreement on the definition of Web 2.0, based on
O’Reilly’s technology / functionality / commercial oriented
definition, it appears that a 'formal' definition is still very much
in progress.
From a research definition perspective, I’m looking forward to the
AoIR-8 presentations in Vancouver, where a Web 2.0 definition will
surely expand and evolve.
From a pedagogical perspective, I will likely use Wesch's video as
an introduction into Web 2.0 discussion, and then perhaps supplement
it with the O’Reilly piece.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-
web-20.html
I’m interested in how others are defining/teaching Web 2.0. Also,
does anyone have a favorite reference for Web 2.0?
Cheers,
Clifford
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Clifford Tatum
Doctoral Student
Dept. of Communication
University of Washington
clifford at u.washington.edu